Energy Storage System Deployed at Marine Coating Facility to Participate in ConnectedSolutions and Reduce Demand Charges

Newport Renewables, a Rhode Island-based clean energy solutions company, was working with an industry leader in marine technology coating to find a solution capable of reducing high-demand charges at their facility. The facility experiences extremely high demand charges from the utility, National Grid, and sought the support of Newport Renewables to help them procure and deploy a tier 1 energy storage system (ESS) and expressed interest in participating in a demand response program with their local utility to reach sustainability goals. Newport Renewables had been modeling the project and Energy Toolbase began looking for a solution that would integrate BYD’s innovative battery technology with Acumen EMS™ controls software to achieve the goals of the facility that would also meet the criteria set by the utility to participate in the ConnectedSolutions program.